What do you wear when you are in the barn doing your every day chores, and no one else is looking? (Except your horse, of course.) I am particularly fond of my Carhartt coveralls and my hat with the big snuggly warm earflaps.

Enter the I Gallop On Barn Babe Contest! Deadline: November 15, 2006. Email your best Barn Babe photo to me (72 dpi and 300 pixels wide or less if possible, please.). Or, if you want to really get creative, make a video, post it on YouTube, and send me the URL.

Now this is sort of a family-friendly type of site, so don't go getting risque on me (clothing is not optional) or I won't be able to accept your entry.

I'll post entries on the website. Readers will vote online.

And may the best Barn Babe win! I'll post the winner here. There is, of course, a fabulous prize. A sterling silver celtic horse pin from Dover Saddlery.

Oh, and in the spirit of equal opportunity, you guys can most certainly be Barn Babes too.